Special Programs & Initiatives

Support What You Love
Each Emerson experience is unique. Some students spend hours upon hours on film sets or in rehearsal studios while others are galavanting around Europe or traveling to their next away game. Every path taken on the journey to obtain an Emerson degree is different, but no matter how students fill their days, their experience is one worth celebrating.

This Giving Day, we are asking our community to support one of our many impact funds, which will strengthen a specific department, program, or initiative of the College.

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Student Assistance Fund
The Student Assistance Fund is a need-based fund, that makes small awards, to help eligible students with indirect costs of attendance such as books, printing and copying costs, film, developing, other required course supplies, personal items, transportation, and food. This fund was established primarily through the generous support of Emerson staff and faculty members, demonstrating their commitment to the success of Emerson students inside and outside the classroom.

Education Abroad Assistance Fund
At Emerson, we are shaping these future global leaders: individuals who will transform industries, question the status quo, and drive change and innovation. As we continue to build a bold and borderless Emerson, we must also remove financial barriers that keep students from expanding their global view. The Education Abroad Assistance Fund will accomplish this goal: it will open doors for more Emerson students to immerse themselves in new cultures, transform their world views, and pioneer new pathways in fields that shape our global society, culture, and future.

Pride Fund
For many alumni, Emerson College represents a pivotal phase of their Pride experience. Emerson students, alumni, faculty, staff, families, and friends have created an environment for their peers to discover and embrace the most authentic versions of themselves. The impact of this culture inspired three queer Emerson alumni to establish the Emerson Pride Fund back in 2021 in an attempt to help ensure that this culture would remain cemented into the fabric of the College for years to come. Emerson's Pride Fund helps foster a safe, secure, and welcoming environment for all members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies at Emerson.

EVVY Awards
Support student excellence! The largest student run, multi-camera, production in the nation. Judged by industry professionals, The EVVYs recognize Emerson students’ achievements in their chosen discipline

The Robbins Center
Since opening in 1953, the Robbins Center has provided evaluation and treatment for children and adults with communication problems as well as support programs for family members and caregivers. The Robbins Center is also the primary clinical training facility associated with the nationally respected Emerson College Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Emerson Polling
The Emerson College Polling Center is a non-partisan organization that administers opinion surveys to better understand the attitudes and beliefs of the public with a transparent and representative approach. Our nationally-recognized Polling Center follows the science and studies the results, leading the way in public opinion research.

Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI)
We are committed to transforming the meaning and impact of higher education in Massachusetts by making college education more accessible to people who are incarcerated. EPI provides students incarcerated at Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk (MCI Norfolk) with an opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree in media, literature and culture from Emerson College.

ArtsEmerson
ArtsEmerson is the professional presenting and producing organization at Emerson College, based in the heart of downtown Boston. Founded in 2010—the year the U.S. Census confirmed there was no single cultural majority in Boston—we set out to foster positive change in this historically segregated city. We did not see this change as a byproduct of the work, but rather, as the primary purpose. ArtsEmerson aims to tear down traditional cultural divisions and invest in a vibrant, connected Boston. Help ArtsEmerson as we present remarkable, thought-provoking contemporary works and community engagement programs, and make artistic experiences in Boston more inclusive and affordable.

WERS
As a listener supported station, WERS depends on the generosity of members to continue bringing music discovery to the airwaves. Join the community of thousands by making your gift today.

Ploughshares
Ploughshares has published quality literature four times a year since 1971, and has been based at Emerson College in downtown Boston since 1989.

Engage
Join Emerge
Are you in Emerge yet? Join us! It’s the online community where Emersonians connect, support, and celebrate each other. Connect with people in (and outside of) your industry, learn about job opportunities and upcoming career events, ask for and offer resources, find your old friends, and be part of an ongoing and fruitful conversation designed to support you on your own career journey.